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47th YEAR, NO. 83. TWO SECTIONS SIXTELN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Old Plant Tumbles ? at Last!
Southern Railway is clearing the area immediately north of its
(racks and east of the yacht basin in Mori-head City. Here T. I..
Register of Clement and Johnson Construction Co., New Bern, pushes
Photo by Bob Seymour
down the old Croatia Froren Food Co. building. Plan* arc to put in a
(ill and build a switchyard. The Croatan building has been an eye
sore for years. Here the camera catches a wall Just as it topples.
Coast Guard
Aids Three Boats
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con made three assists this week.
One boat had run aground, one had
engine failure and an outboard
motorboat fuel tank caught fire.
The Aquilla IV, a 38-foot cabin
cruiscr, ran aground in Core Creek
Monday afternoon. BM/1 John Gas
kill and SN Lewi* McLean went to
assist but found the tide was too
low.
They went back later in the after
noon and pulled the boat into deep
water then towed it to the More
bead City Yacht Basin. The boat
was owned by Samuel Lucas,
Greenville, Pa.
Earlier in the day, Gaskill and
SN Allison Day had towed an 18- j
foot cabin boat to Beaufort. Jack
Garner, lWaCTMt. MVTMI8IW IMF
ure near Shackleford Banks, and
notified the Coast Guard to come
after him.
On Tuesday, Gaskill ET/1 Wil
liam Scott, SN Eugene Carpenter
and SN Jack Miller put out a fire
in the gas tank of a 15 foot out
board boat operated by W. D. Mc
Roy, Greensboro.
The Coast Guardsmen towed the
boat from Beaufort Inlet back to
Bunch'i Pier.
Five Boys Hurt
In Otway Wreck
Given emergency treatment ia
the Morehead City Hospital Wed
nesday night following an accident
at Otway were Guyon Willis, Dan
nie Lewis, Robert Sharp, Donnie
Yeomans Jr., and Andrew Guthrie,
all of Harken Island.
The young men were in a 1953
Chevrolet driven by Willis. Accord
ing to patrolman W. J. Smith Jr.,
they met a car on a curve Just
west of Otway. Its lights were
bright. Willis said he went over
on the right shoulder of the road,
the car skidded along on the right,
then crossed to the left and turned
over.
The accident happened about
7:25 p.m. The car was wrecked.
The boys were rushed to the More
bead City Hospital, suffering from
scratches and bruises.
Willis was moved in the Adair
ambulance. The others were taken
In cars.
Two Defendants
Appear in Court
? Only two defendants were tried
In Morehead City recorder'! court
Monday. Nathaniel Recce waa sen
tenced to a year in jail and W. H.
Weeks was ordered to pay court
costs for public drunkenness.
Heece, charged with assault, waa
found to have violated the terms
of hla parole and a one-year sus
pended sentence waa invoked.
Judge Herbert Phillips gave him 30
daya for assault, the time to run
concurrently with the year's sen
tence.
Louis G. Watson Jr. and Willis
T. Wolfe forfeited bonds. Watson
was chargad with running a red
light and Wolfe was charged with
driving without a license.
Crass Fire
The Beaufort Fire Department
was called to a grass fire at Broad
and lfoore Streets Tuesday after
noon. Firemen bad the blaze out
Utilities Commission to Reopen
Case on Free' Town Phone Service
.
Two Cars Tangle
At Otway Sunday
Two cars collided at 1:15 p.m
Sunday at the Otway crossroads.
Patrolman W. J. Smith said both
were headed west on highway 70.
A 1957 Ford, which was struck in
the rear by a 1954 Chrysler, was
driven by Edward A. Lawrence,
Otway. Driving the Chrysler was
Randolph N. Gatlin, Stonewall.
The patrojmap taid the Ford was
going very slowly and was about
to make a left turn when the
Chrysler cam* up from behind and
hit him in the left rear. There were
?KSSarfJWr**"'
?nie right front of the Chrysler
was banged in.
The State Utilities Commission
has agreed to reopen the portion
of its order in the Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. rate case
which ruled oijt franchise agree
ments between CT&T and munici
palities in its service area.
The commsision granted a peti
tion for a rehearing by the city of
Wilson and said other municipali
ties which receive free telephone
service in exchange for franchise
rights will be permitted to present
evidence.
The rehearing, restricted to that
part of the CT&T order involving
franchise agreements ami free or
reduced rates to parties other than
municipalities, is scheduled for 10
a.m. Nov. IS in the commission'*
hsjitlif iuuih at Raleigh. -<?"
Altogether, CTAT granted fre*
service or reduced rates which
would net it $41,873 more a year.
The commission served notice on
CT&T and all other telephone com
panies that in the future, revenue
they would have received without
giving free service will be taken
into account in figuring their
profits.
The city of Wilson said the part
of the order affecting franchise
agreements was "arbitrary, vague
. . . and unsupported by any com
petent hearing ... or proper in
vestigation into the facts." It con
tends the service is not free but is
rendered "for a valuable consid
eration."
In granting the rehearing, the
commission hinted that it would
opt back down in its position which
agrjwnents violates the law lie
cause it discriminates against
other customers and amounts to a
franchise tax.
The testimony developed at the
rehearing would be necessary in
Wilson's announced court test of
the order, the commission noted.
The commission called a halt to
the practice of giving free service
to cities and charitable institutions
in its Sept. 4 order granting CT&T
a rate increase of 1.5 million dol
lars a year.
The order took effect Oct. 1. All
towns in the county, Atlantic Beach,
Beaufort, Morehead City and New
port are affected by the order.
One Visitor
H. L. Joslyn, More heart City Ro
tarian, was the only visitor at the
Beaufort Rotary Club meeting
Tuesday night. The Rotarians ate
dinner at the Scout building and
adjourned early (or a PTA meet
ing at the school.
Beaufort Alumni Win Top
ECC Freshman Class Posts
Raymond GUOfete
. . . president of class
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard lime)
Tides at the ItnM Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Oct 17
11:46 a.m. 5: It a.m.
6:03 p.m.
Satarday, Oct 18
12:22 a.m. 6:13 a.m.
12:45 p.m. 7:0? p.m.
Soaday, Oct 1*
1:21a.m. 7:3? a.m.
1:42 p.m. 3:17 p.m.
Mooday, Oct 2*
2:20 a.m. 3:46 a.m.
2:41 pja. 8:20 p.m.
Two graduates of Beaufort High
School, class of 1958, have been
elected to the top offices in the
freshman class at East Carolina
College, Greenville.
Raymond Gillikin. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Gillikin, Beaufort,
has been elected class president,
and Joseph H. Pake, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Pake, Len
noxville Road. Beaufort, has been
elected vice-presidcnt.
While in high school, Raymond
participated in basketball, football,
was a member of the Varsity Club,
Lambda Chi, glee club, was vice
president of the sophomore class,
was a member of the annual staff
and hall patrol.
He was on the all-county basket
ball team in 1958 and won the ath
letic and activity awards at com
mencement in May.
Joseph (Joey) played football in
high school, junior varsity basket
ball, was a member of the Mono
gram Club, Student Council, glee
club, hall patrol and annual staff.
Newport Firemen
TrainatNewBern
Fire Chief Charles Gould Jr.,
and fireman Larry Howard of New
port recently completed a* week
long training course with the New
Bern Fire Department. The course
was taught by Elwood Inscoe, of
the State Department of Insurance.
Mr. Inscoe is a former captain
of the Rocky Mount Fire. Depart
ment, and a graduate of the New
Haven, Conn., Fire College.
The State Department of Insur
ance now has two traveling in
structor* who come to various
communities in the state to teach
the latest techniques in fire fight
ing and fire prevention.
The chief said that the instruc
tion and training was similar to
that in the annual county fire
school here in Carteret which has
been operated for the past four
years.
Tralaing included the bui ing of
an old house demonstrating 1V4
inch fog lines as compared with
high pressure booster lines. Chief
Gould reported that the school was
very successful, with attendance
by Craven and Pamlico county
firemen. It Is hoped that such a
school may be conducted in Ibis
county In addition to the regular
fin school.
What Will Voters Decide
On at the Polls Nov. 4?
Sam Guthrie Gets $2,500
in Suit Concerning Pavilion
Sam II. Guthrie, Morehead City,<
was awarded $2,500 in a civil suit
in superior court Wednesday. Guth
rie asked damages from G. Ward
Ballou, Morrhead City, and Royal
H. Spence, Greensboro, alleging
breach of contract.
By compromise, the defendants
agreed to pay Guthrie the $2,500.
Guthrie testified that he was in
partnership with Ballou and Spence
in construction and operation of
The Pavilion at Atlantic Beach.
Instead of carrying out the agree
ments made as to the compensa
tion Guthrie was to receive for his
interest in the business, he said
that Ballou and Spence froze him
out.
In a dispute over land on Radio
Island, the court divided the land
in question among the petitioners
and cross petitioners. The suit has
been pending ever *ince the late
1940's Litigants were Gerald Hill.
Mrs. Gerald Hill, Sam W. Morgan,
C. K. Howe. Joel H. Davis. Etta
D. Potter. G. W. Huntley, Mattie
King Davis, and Emma B. Davis.
Jurors in the case were Manley
Styron, William A. Forrest, Jarvis
Weeks, Gordon F. Garner, Donald
E. Graham, William Ed McNeil,
William Joyner Oglesby, James S.
Holland, Aldridge Daniels, Hous
ton E. Salter, Nick Galantis and
Howard N. Cox.
Being tried at noon yesterday
was the case of Barbara Dingess
versus Billie Ray Dingess, where
the plaintiff was seeking alimony
while separated from her husband.
Divorces were granted to the
following: Ben R. Alford and
Gwenn S. Alford. Annie Mae Whit
tington and Jack Ramsey Whit
tington; Chauncey Willis and Ber
tie I. Willis.
Mann A. Pollock Jr. and Rufh
B. Pollock; Ethel T. Coker and
Ronald Coker (the mother was
awarded custody of the child, RMf
aid Jr. and is to receive $75 ?
month in support of the child from
September through May of each
year).
Patricia Hill Lynch and Robert
Blair Lynch, Alexander C. Suther
land and Irene W. Sutherland (mo
ther to have custody of the two
children, Charles 5, and Nancy, 3).
Cindy Rovine Kenworthy and
Raymond Leroy Kenworthy, Vel
ma N. Clark and David N. Clark
(mother to have custody of Docna
Kay, 8, Sherry Ann, 6, Daniel, 5,
and Velma Elaine, 3).
Fred M. Brown and Shelby
Rhodes Brown, and Mary Janett
M. Swanaon and Vernon D. Swan
son.
A court order signed by Judge
Clifton Moore awarded custody of
Helen Joyce Phillips and Frances
Phillips to Frances Milner Phil
lips. The order specifies that the
See COURT, Page 3
"I rode
a horse'
"I rode a horse five miles so
I could register when I was 21,
I was so proud that I would be
able to vote. Nowadays, people
don't want to go where they
should to register. They want you
to take their name right on the
sidewalk, wherever you run into
them."
Those were the words of C. Z.
Chappell, chairman of the county
board of elections this week.
Mr. Chappell reminds folks
that registrars will be at the
polling places in all the precincts
tomorrow and again next Satur
day. They will register persons
who want to vote in the Nov. 4
election.
If you're already registered,
you don't have to register again.
If you can't register on Satur
days, you can register at the
home of the registrar, but Mr.
Chappell emphatically states that
a registrar can't take your name
if you happen to see him on the
street, nor can you register by
telephone.
Club to Rebuild
Park Pavilion
The Gloucester Community Club
decided at iti meeting Tuesday
night to rebuild the community
park pavilion blown down by Hel
tae. Ttlchard Whitehurst is in
(targe of the rebuilding.
An oyster roast has been planned
(or Saturday, Oct. 25, at the park
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. James
Murphy, summer residents who
will be leaving soon for Florida.
Also honored at the affair will be
Miss Hilma Chadwiek who will be
married this month.
The club met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Smith. Present
were 20 members and two visitors,
Mrs. Jack Proust, Charlotte, and
Mrs. A. R. Yeager, Fairfield, la.
Walter Stewart opened the meet
ing with prayer.
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Cerig Due to End
Work Next Week
At Morehead City
9 Dredge Finishes Work
In Inland Waterway
9 Helene Delayed Harbor
Work Three Weeks
Emergency dredging of the
Morehead City ocean bar channel
by the hopper dredge Gerig is 60
per cent complete and is expected
to be finished some time next
week, Army engineers reported
yesterday.
The work will correct serious
shoaling resulting from the recent
hurricane and will restore the !
channel to project depth of 30 feet
plus two feet over-depth.
Maintenance dredging in the At
lantic Intracoastal Waterway from
the Neuse River to the Newport
River was finished last Friday.
The work was done by the dredge
Marion of the Cottrell Contracting
Co. of Norfolk.
The waterway, which has been
maintained at only 10 feet was
deepened to project depth of 12
feet. Other sections of the shel
tered route wdl be dredged to pro
ject depth as funds become avail
able.
In Mwrekead Ctty harbor, main
tenance work by the J. A. LaPorte
dredging firm of Arlington, Va^
is due to get underway this week.
The dredge Calrendon is to remove
200,000 cubic yards of sand and silt
to restore harbor depth to 30 feet.
Helene and unusually high tidei
delayed the work three weeks. The
job is expected to require three
months for completion.
Maintenance dredging of 1,450,
000 cubic yards of material in Wil
mington harbor is six per cent
complete. It includes removal of
shoals that have banked up oppo
site the State Ports Authority and
extend 21 miles downstream to
Snow Marsh Chanel, where the
dredge Charleston is currently
working.
Another dredge, Hampton Roads,
is due to begin work next week on
shoals opposite the state port. The
Norfolk Dredging Co. is under con
tract for the work.
Total cost of the four Jobs is es
timated at $691,000.
Law Man, He's a Flittin' Fish!
Garrett Fisher, Morabeai City, threw ap Us buds la astaatsb*
?eat at the bntterfly rsjr caagfct this week abaart Capt. Ottos Fart
fajr's Dsifhln IV. Iba ray was aboat ? feet acnaa aal mMM S
, i * Photo by Reginald Lawk
pomdi. The kittcrfly ray, a member of the raj fish family* la nljr
occaskmally caught In these waters.
1 ?
'? Barden Faces
Dunn, Republican
? 13 Superior Court
Judges Run
Carteret voter* will cast
ballots for senator, congress
man, state and county offi
cials, and vote on a constitu
tional amendment in the
election Tuesday, Nov. 4.
The amendment queition it for
or against increasing the jurisdic
tion of justices of the peace.
The jaypee proposal comet at a
time when a committee for the im
provement of justice in North Caro
lina proposes a bill in the IMS legis
lature to place the jaypees under
an orderly system of administra
tion.
On the state ballot will be the
following Democrats: B. Everett
Jordan for United States aenator;
Graham A. Barden. for congress
man from the third district; Mal
colm B. Seawell, for attorney gen
eral; J. Wallace Winborne, for
chief justice of the supreme court.
Emery B. Denny and Carlisle W.
Higgins, for associate justice of the
supremo court; for judge of su
perior court, Joseph W. Parker, 6th
district; William Y. Bickett, 10th
district; Clawson L. Williams, 11th
district.
II. R. Clark, 12th district; Henry
A. McKinnon Jr., 16th district;
Krank M. Armstrong, 19th district.
F. Donald Phillips, 20th district;
Walter E. Johnston Jr., 21st dis
trict; Robert M. Gambill, 23rd dis
trict; James C. Farthing, 25th dis
trict; George B. Patton, 30th dis
trict.
The only Republicans on the state
ballot are Richard C. Clarke Jr.,
opposing Senator Jordan and Joe
A Dunn, opposing Congressman
Bard en.
Coanty candidates; Luther Ham
ilton for state senate; D. G. Bell,
Democrat, and C. M. Paul, Repub
lican, for House of Representatives.
For county commissioner: Moses
C. Howard, Harrell C. Taylor, Gal
ton Smith, S. A. Clark Jr., David
Yeomans, Democrats; John N.
Miller, Roy T. Garner, John Ed
ward Lewis, Luther Smith and
Jesse Piner, Republicans.
For jndge of recorder's court,
Lambert Morris, Democrat; for
sheriff, Hugh Salter, Democrat,
and A. B. Garner, Republican; for
clerk of court. A. H. James, Demo
crat, and W. A. Mace, Republican.
For register of deeds, Odell Mer
rill, Democrat; and Ray G. Lewis,
Republican; for coroner, David
Munden, Democrat, and Frank E.
Hyde, Republican.
For solicitor of recorder's court,
Wiley H. Taylor Jr., Democrat; tor
justice of the peace, Aaron R.
Craig, Newport Democrat; A. L.
Wilson, Newport Republican; C.
Elmer Smith and Lewis A. Hinson,
Morehead City Democrats.
For constable, George R. Smith,
Democrat, Morehead township; Hu
bert Salter, Democrat, Beaufort
township; and William C. Dtlgee,
Democrat, Newport township.
Althoagh no candidate filed for
constable in White Oak township,
Ralph Paul, incumbent, is expected
to seek write-In votes.
Becsuse population helps deter
mine the number of jaypees per
mitted in the town, there really if
no contest among jaypees, even
though more than one has filed in
both Newport snd Morehead City,
elections offlciala point out.
September Liquor
Sales Amount
To $47,613
Liquor sales in the county lut
month totaled $47, <13, a consider
able drop from August'! $10,000
volume.
Salei at the Beaufort itore to
taled $11,296.95, at Morehead City
$19, 003. S3, at Newport $7,195.73 and
at Atlantic Beach $10,114.43.
Received by the town of Beau
fort ai its share of the profit was
$395.50, by Morehead City Hospital
$665 21, by Newport $2S1.M, At
lantic Beach $334 04 and the county
$1,333.60.
Part of the county's share,
$330.63, was used as payment on
a new cash register at the Atlantic
Beach store.
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Grain Loaders at Part
Expactad Ready Monday
Latest word from the state port
is that the grain loaders will go
into operation Monday.
The new facilities were to be
ready today. Then a delay of ?
week was announced. Now ? ship,
the Trinity, is in port to lead grain,
so the loaders are now expected
[to ho na4y Mooda*.